Number of hours
- Laboratory works 16.0
ECTS
ECTS 3.0
Goal(s)
The goals of this labwork are the following:
- To introduce the principles underlining the Beam Propagation Method (BPM)
- Use a commercial software for the design of integrated optical circuits with the BPM method.
- Propose a detailed study of a device (to be chosen between an integrated sensor, a MMI multiplexer/demultiplexer, an asymmetric Y junction...)
Content(s)
Session 1
- Description of the BPM method, approximations, trade-offs and domain of applicability to the study of integrated optic devices.
- Introduction to Optiwave OptiBPM software.
Session 2
- Group formation (2 or 3 students) and choice of simulation projects.
- Simulations.
Session 3
- At this point, each group of students should be acquainted to the theory associated to the chosen project. Bibliographical references will be discussed with the teacher.
- Simulations.
Session 4
- Discussions with the teacher concerning the last parts of the projects.
- Last simulations...
Prerequisites
Integrated optics course, dielectric waveguides
Test
Report to be given 1 week after the last simulation session
N1=100% Report
N2=N1
Additional Information
Course list
Curriculum->Master-Recherche->Semester 5
Curriculum->FD2MORF->Semester 5
Bibliography
- Scarmozzino, R. and Gopinath, A. and Pregla, R. and Helfert, S., "Numerical techniques for modeling guided-wave photonic devices", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Volume 6, Number 1, Pages 150-162, Jan.-Feb. 2002
- D. L. Lee, "Electromagnetic Principles of Integrated Optics", John Wiley & Sons Inc (1986)
- Handouts of the Integrated optics course
- Provided handouts concerning Optiwave OptiBPM